Announcing Tech x Social Impact Fellowship
This article was authored by Anne Raheem and edited by Ayushi Sinha, the co-founders of Tech x Social Impact.
In solidarity with current events, it is clear there is much work to be done in building our country & systems. As people within tech, we have great ability to change the playing field for so many sectors, such as removing algorithmic bias. That’s why we started the newest cohort of the Harvard Franklin Fellowship: Tech X Social Impact.
On behalf of the Harvard Franklin Fellowship, we invited passionate changemakers across any sector of Tech X Social Impact, from healthcare and social justice to climate change and public service to apply to our cohort. This program is open to applicants who are (1) currently leading a venture or organization within Tech x Social Impact, (2) have previously led an initiative in these fields, (3) or have a tech background and are highly interested in further engaging with this community.
This 8-week program meets virtually for 1 hour to connect with fellow leaders within Tech x Social Impact and features accomplished guest speakers making significant disruptive innovation through leveraging tech for maximum impact in their fields. Previous speakers within the Franklin Fellowship include Grammy-winning musicians, NYT Best Selling Authors, Founders of reputable VC Funds, CEOs, leading academic scholars, and more!
Our program will empower our fellows with first-hand engagement with leaders in Tech x Social Impact, a passionate community of visionaries in tech excited about making an impact, and the resources to unlock their potential to take their ventures, organizations, and ideas to the next level. We are so excited to announce the 2020 Tech X Social Impact cohort on July 10th, 2020.
Any questions? Please email techximpact@gmail.com. For more information on the Franklin Fellowship, please refer to the Franklin Fellowship Website.
Meet your Tech X Social Impact Co-Leads
The 2020 Tech X Social Impact Co-leads Anne Raheem & Ayushi Sinha bring a diverse range of experiences within using tech for change. Their backgrounds focus primarily on tech x climate change, safety, and education. Both leaders have founded and led their own startups and completed technical degrees in engineering and computer science from Harvard and Princeton. Their backgrounds include White House Speaker, Entrepreneurship Fellow, Coca- Cola Scholar, Director of TigerLaunch (entrepreneurship competition), Founder of MakeHarvard (make-a-thon), deep engagement within IoT technology and ML, and more! Their commitment to fostering strong community and previous experience in using technology for social impact will make the 2020 Tech X Social Impact cohort visionary, engaging, and exciting.
Anne Raheem is a recent graduate in electrical engineering and computer science from Harvard College (May 2019). She currently works as a PM at Microsoft in M365 Security & Compliance. She is an advocate for empowering users through technology and strongly believes that access to technology can revolutionize monumental change. Before joining Microsoft, Anne served as Founder & CEO for SECURE, a Harvard Innovation Labs incubated startup that created a safety mobile app for young women. Previously, she was a Founder & Executive Director for MakeHarvard, Harvard’s first 24-hour make-a-thon and spoke at the White House as part of Michelle Obama’s “Reach Higher” campaign for sparking a “STEM Revolution” throughout west TN. She is also deeply invested in promoting success of underrepresented communities through inclusive & thoughtful policies and programs like serving on the Harvard Undergraduate Council and House Committee to expand access to menstrual supplies, provide bike subsidies and free printing to full financial aid students, create mentorship programs, and more. Anne has been recognized as a recipient of the White House National Excellence in CTE Innovator Award (US Presidential Scholar in CTE), Coca-Cola Scholarship, and Harvard College Innovation Award.
Ayushi Sinha graduated Cum Laude from the Princeton University Department of Computer Science and is an incoming member of the Product team at Nines, a startup bringing AI to radiology diagnostics and backed by Accel and 8VC. Having co-founded her own startup, WellPower, a vertically integrated Uber for water filtration and distribution in East Africa, she is particularly interested in social entrepreneurship. Professionally, she has worked at the intersection of ML, geospatial, IoT, and cloud as a Software Engineer & PM at Microsoft and as a Quality Assurance Engineering at Kik in Tel Aviv. She studied facial recognition for her senior thesis and completed independent work at the intersection of accessibility and VR, creating an immersive music education experience. As the co-president of E-Club, Princeton’s largest student organization, she increased the diversity of Princeton’s entrepreneurship community by expanding support of creative arts, biotech, design, and social impact projects and represented the voice of the Princeton’s entrepreneurs to university administration. As the director of TigerLaunch, the largest student-run entrepreneurial competition, she led sponsorship, design, logistics, and marketing and expanded the competition internationally to increase its impact. As the corporate outreach officer for the Princeton Women in CS club, she expands opportunities for women in technology. She is an Entrepreneurship Fellow at .406 Ventures, sourcing startups and performing first-round due diligence on ventures.
